The Cruelest Day

The Cruelest Day (Italian: Ilaria Alpi - Il più crudele dei giorni) is a 2003 Italian biographical drama film directed by Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani. It is a dramatization of the last days of life of RAI journalist Ilaria Alpi and of her cameraman Miran Hrovatin before they were murdered in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 20 March 1994.^[1] For her performance Giovanna Mezzogiorno won the Nastro d'Argento for best actress.^[2]

Directed byFerdinando Vincentini Orgnani

Written byMarcello Fois
Ferdinando Vincentini Orgnani

Produced byJohn Cesaroni
Gherardo Pagliei

CinematographyGiovanni Cavallini

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The Cruelest Day
Directed by	Ferdinando Vincentini Orgnani
Written by	Marcello Fois Ferdinando Vincentini Orgnani
Produced by	John Cesaroni Gherardo Pagliei
Cinematography	Giovanni Cavallini
Music by	Paolo Fresu
Release date	28 March 2003 (2003-03-28)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Italy

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